Curriculum Overview
Year 1 Curriculum Overview 2026-2027
| Autumn 1
| Autumn 2
| Spring 1
| Spring 2
| Summer 1
| Summer 2
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English | *Captions, labels and Sentence Structure
Contemporary Fiction Hairy Maclary
*Retell & Description Contemporary Fiction Lost and Found Billy and the Beast The Lion Inside | *Narrative Story *Diary Here Comes Frankie Contemporary Fiction
*Letter writing *Questions and Facts Classic Fiction The Jolly Postman
| *Narrative - new version Traditional Tales and Alternative versions
Little Red Riding Hood
| *Classic Fiction/significant author
A Midsummer Night’s Dream | *Poetry: Rhyming couplets Big Green Crocodile
*Geographical Report – The UK *Note Taking (disciplinary writing) Non Chronological Report | *Indirect Recount – people’s history/bio (disciplinary writing) Significant People
*Narrative- story Invent a character Contemporary Fiction The Adventures of the Egg Box Dragon
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Maths | Number: Previous reception experiences
Number: counting within 100
Number: comparison, wholes and parts
| Number: place value (0 to 5)
Geometry:shape | Number: place value (0 to 10)
Number: Additive structures | Number: addition and subtraction facts within 10
Geometry: position and direction
| Number: place value (0 to 20)
Number: multiplication (unitising and coin recognition) | Number: multiplication (unitising and coin recognition)
Measurement: time |
Science | Animals
Seasonal changes -Autumn
Scientist focus: Anders Celsius | Everyday Materials
Scientist focus: Charles Mackintosh | Animals, including humans My Body (senses) Seasonal changes -Winter Scientist focus: Steve Backshall | STEM Project
Fairy Tale Problems
Scientist focus: Linda Brown Buck
| Seasonal Changes | Plants
Scientist focus:Beatrix Potter |
History |
| How have familiar things changed over time?
A similarity and difference enquiry |
| Why are these two queens important?
Queen Elizabeth 1 Queen Elizabeth II
Significance enquiry |
| Why are Rosa Parks and Emily Davison remembered?
Significance enquiry |
Geography | Mapping our Area- Local Area study |
| The UK – countries, capitals, seas, seasons, weather, settlements |
| Comparative Study- London & Nairobi |
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Computing |
Programming A Moving a Robot | Creating Media Digital Painting
| Programming B Programming animations | Computing and Networks Technology around us | Creating Media Digital Writing | Data and Information Grouping Data |
Design and Technology | Mechanisms Sliders and Levers
Project: Moving Picture | Mechanisms Sliders and Levers
Project: Moving Celebration card | Food Preparing fruit and vegetables Project: Fruit salad and Crudité platter with hummus
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| Structures Freestanding structures Project: structure (prop) from story book | Structures Freestanding structures Project: Bridges |
Music | My Musical Heartbeat How can we make friends when we sing together?
| Dance, Sing and Play How does music tell stories about the past?
| Exploring Sounds How Does Music Make the World a Better Place? | Learning to Listen How does Music Help us to Understand our Neighbours? | Having fun with Improvisation What Songs Can We Sing to Get Us Through the Day? | Let’s Perform Together Learning to play the Glockenspiel and read musical notation |
Art | Drawing Mark making with range of materials - Joan Miro Make own tools Create and use different surface Make controlled drawing Use imagination to draw Patrick Caulfield | Painting Use of thick/thin paint Brush strokes - Frank Auerbach Respond to stories using colour Responding to artists work - Jasper Johns
| Printmaking Direct printmaking Negative stencils layered printed image Clay slab relief Collagraph block Henri Matisse
| Collage Tear, overlap, stick Identify hot/cold colours Contrasting materials Patrick Heron Andy Goldsworthy Richard Long | Textiles Investigate weaving Embellish fabric Fabric resist technique Wrapping and knotting technique Terri Friedman Julia Bland | 3-D/Sculpture Pattern and line Working with clay Use a story as starting point Clay balls and coils Plaster cast mould Andy Goldsworthy Richard Long
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RHE/ PSHE
| Wellbeing: Emotions How do I feel today? Communities Who am I? Who are you?
Citizenship -class charter, pupil leadership | Wellbeing: Staying Safe and Healthy: How can I look after my body? Wellbeing: Physical How can I look after my body? | Healthy Relationships Family Who’s in my family?
Healthy Relationships Friends: What makes a good friend? | Healthy Relationships Power in Relationships When do I feel safe? | Online Safety, Media Influence: How do I decide what to do online?
Online Lives: What should I do if I feel unsafe online?
| Financial Literacy
Transition to Year 2 |
RE | What does it mean to belong to a faith community? | Who is a Christian and what do they believe? (part 1)
| Who is a Muslim and what do they believe? (part 1) |
| How and why do we celebrate special and sacred times? (Part 1) | What makes some places sacred?
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PE | Introduction to Invasion Games
| Dance | Gymnastics | Athletics | Cricket | Tennis |
Educational Visits | Local Park Geography | Local Christian Church RE | Using Transport (bus, tube, train) PSHE | British Library English | Young V&A Hero Arm workshop STEM | |